Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 3, 2025
3/4 view of the Planes of Fame’s Curtiss P-47G Thunderbolt, 42-25254, with its newly overhauled R-2800 engine, standing in the museum’s Bob Pond Hangar. Now, the museum has made a major milestone in this project by reinstalling the Thunderbolt’s freshly overhauled Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engine.
Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 2, 2025
Many of these legendary aircraft owe their continued existence to a string of fortunate circumstancesrepurposed for aerial survey work, stored away in forgotten hangars, or turned into static displays in unexpected places. One pressing concern is the future of the restoration hangar.
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Vintage Aviation News
MARCH 21, 2025
03531 by the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Georgia continues to progress steadily at its hangar in Peachtree City, Georgia. Additional components, including the seats, control linkages, various connections, and the firewall, have also been installed. The restoration of Boeing N2S-2 Stearman Bu.No
Plane and Pilot
MAY 3, 2025
The owner I joined in partnership was the second owner of the Cherokee, and it was based right here, Widell says, gesturing to his spotless hangar at Twin Oaks. Even though the CFI immediately firewalled the throttle, a wingtip hit the ground and ended the flight. Eventually that partner wanted to sell and Widell found Brian Bishop.
AV Web
JULY 1, 2025
Lockwood Aviation’s maintenance hangar probably sees more Rotax-powered aircraft than many other shops in the country. Poke around the typical LSA maintenance hangar and you’ll see broken pieces. An LSA In Your Hangar With over 900 RV-12s in the field , I think the airplane has an advantage over other LSA models.
Air Facts
JULY 2, 2025
The cleanliness of the hangar floor was only of passing interest compared to my number-one duty: keeping the boss alive by remembering what he forgets. He mentioned he was not greatly interested in the quality of the tea I made in the office, nor did the blackness of the polish I put on the aeroplane’s tyres excite him.
Vintage Aviation News
MAY 3, 2024
We just have the brakes to set up and then the fuel tank firewall will be fitted, and in turn the tank. Photo by Martin Overall] “The remaining systems will be tested in the hangar before we wheel MJ outside to the tie-down for the first engine runs. “The front canopy has been trial assembled and all trimmed in.
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